If We The People coerced the convention call out of Congress, it means there would have to be special elections for Convention Delegates. There'd be no need for a campaign war chest, it would not be a two party mud-sling-athon, and anyone who took campaign contributions from corporate interests would be suspect. Convention Delegates would not be running on time-worn themes, like "It's time for change in Washington," they'd be championing ideas on how to limit the power of an out-of-control government, and/or how to give We The People a stronger voice. Why is that so? Because the Article V Convention is about the Constitution, not legislation, not pork, perks, personal power, and politics as usual. Delegates will have to take a stand on what they think a new amendment ought to look like, and be able to defend that position. They won't be able to have a forked tongue. They'll have to be people of integrity, respected in their communities, and once there, they won't have to worry about who to shake hands with for another campaign.
Upon convening, Delegates would get down to business, and amendment proposals would go through deliberation and debate, the same as any proposed in Congress. After a week or two, proposals of broad support would emerge, they'd be sent to Congress to be forwarded to the states, and the convention would adjourn. Delegates would go back to private citizenship, and the ratification process would begin. Do you think members of Congress, and all other elites want this process to take place? To have the whole nation engaged in how to reverse the trends most of us see as fatal?
In terms of political science, all revolutions, and movements for truth and justice the world over, have always come down to one thing: a tipping-point. Once enough people recognize what needs to be done, the game is over for those who would seek to prevent it.
You want government as master of your life, or do you want taxation with representation? This is not only how to do it, it's the only way to do it. When a fox gets in a hen house there's an inevitable conclusion. The elites and corporate interests are not done with us, and the pursuit of happiness will narrow.
There's a phrase we all remember from History class in grade school: "The British are coming." Well, this time it's not the British, it's a big freedom and liberty-eating machine known as a corporation. It's here, and its power is growing towards an inevitable conclusion--which is the working class as the chattel, slaves, peons, of corporate masters.
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